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NORTHERN HUMMING-BIRD. 
Trochilus colubris. — Linnjeus. 
Plate V. 
Rod-throated Humming-bird, Edwards , Pennant , Latham 
Trochilus colubris, Bonaparte — The Humming-bird, Wilson's 
North American Ornithology , pi. x. figs. 3 and 4. — The 
Ruby- throated Humming-bird, Audubon , Ornithological Bio- 
graphy, pi. xlvii. vol. i. p. 248 — Northern Humming-Bird, 
Northern Zoology, vol. ii. p. 323 — Le petit rubis de la Caroline, 
Omismya colubris. Lesson , Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaua- 
mouches , pis. Ixviii. bis , p. 151. 
“ Where is the person, who, on seeing this lovely- 
little creature moving on humming winglets through 
the air, suspended as if by magic in it, flitting from 
one flower to another, with motions as graceful as 
they are light and airy, pursuing its course over our 
extensive continent, and yielding new delights wher- 
ever it is seen — where is the person, I ask of you, kind 
reader, who, on observing this glittering fragment of 
the rainbow, would not pause, admire, and instantly 
turn his mind with reverence towards the Almighty 
Creator, the wonders of whose hand we at every step 
discover, and of whose sublime conceptions we every- 
where observe the manifestations in his admirable 
